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Winners of Google Code-In, GCI Overview

Code-In Google Contest Google's Google Code-in is a contest which was introduced to pre-university students (ages 13-17) for open source software development. Google started this program in 2010, since then over 3200 students from 99 countries have completed work in the contest. Because Google Code-in is often the first experience many students have with open source, the contest is designed to make it easy for students to jump right in. Open source organizations chosen by Google provide a list of tasks for students to work on during the seven week contest period. A unique part of the contest is that each task has mentors from the organization assigned should students have questions or need help along the way. Students choose tasks they wish to work on from the following categories: coding, documentation, training, outreach, research, quality assurance and user interface. Students earn prizes for their successful completion of the tasks. To start off, you would n...